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Ashley Seil Smith Helping My Fair-Skinned Son Embrace His Blackness
He identifies as African American, but it’s a constant struggle to get his peers and teachers to see him that way.
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Ping Zhu America Soured on My Multiracial Family
When my wife and I adopted our daughter from Ethiopia in 2010, we did so full of hope. In the years since, we’ve faced ugliness that has robbed us of our optimism—and left us fearful for the future of our country.
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Ping Zhu Raising a Daughter, and Fearing How the Law Will Treat Her
For me and my wife, it's hard to know which anxieties to listen to and which to tune out.
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Ping Zhu My Fears, My Daughters, and #MeToo
The movement has unfolded in public. What about the conversations closer to home?
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Ping Zhu How I Talk to My Daughter About Climate Change
As a reporter covering the environment, I'm all too aware of what the next 50 years could hold. As a 9-year-old, she's not—and for now, she wants to stay that way.
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Ping Zhu Raising My Kids to Be Unapologetic American Muslims
Growing up, I practiced my faith quietly. Now I want my children to be loud about theirs.
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AP There Used to Be Consensus on How to Raise Kids
Dr. Benjamin Spock, the 20th-century icon of parenting expertise, has been replaced by a chorus of conflicting ideas and advice.
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Ping Zhu The Immense Pressure on Children to Behave as Tiny Adults
When I re-read a beloved series of books from my childhood, I saw all too clearly how society limits kids’ creativity and originality.
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Win McNamee / Getty The Heavy Burden of Teaching My Son About American Racism
If my black child has to learn that society will hate him, he should hear about it from someone who unconditionally loves him.
